Job Summary
Exciting fixed term or secondment opportunity in Adolescent Outreach Team. We are looking to recruit an experienced band 7 Social Worker to join as a member of our established Adolescent Outreach Team. The team are really fortunate that we have an experienced full multi disciplinary representation, and high levels of retention of staff. The MDT are skilled and highly committed to supporting the wider network, parents and carers to support young people to remain at home, and if required to come to hospital facilitate a safe discharge and reduce length of stay.
The post-holder will work within AOT as a Senior Case Worker providing Care Coordination and Assessment of an agreed caseload of AOT clients and will have the primary Social Worker role servicing the Social Work function in AOT.
The post-holder must be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the care this will include individual, family, group work and telephone support
The team are always looking to develop the service to meet the needs of the young people and their parents/carers, this role would be at the forefront of this.
The team has strong working relationships with our local inpatient service (Aquarius), SLP inpatient units (Snowsfields and BAU), Tier 3 community CAMHS, CAMHS Emergency Care Team (CECS), CAMHS Crisis Line and CAMHS Bed Management.
Main duties of the job
This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior Social Worker to join the established MDT.
The post-holder will work within AOT as a Senior Case Worker providing Care Coordination and Assessment of an agreed caseload of AOT clients and will have the primary Social Worker role servicing the Social Work function in AOT.
Agile and flexible working:
In this role you will be able to work 7 days of the week. The shifts will include 8am-4pm, 9-5pm and 12pm-8pm on weekdays and 11am-7pm on weekends and bank holidays, giving you the very best of good work life balance.
About Us:
Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT) is a highly experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary team that provides an acute Tier 4 community service to high risk 12 to 17year olds experiencing a range of mental health difficulties. We work predominantly within the home from our base in Springfield Hospital, aiming to prevent hospital admissions, and also provide support to inpatient teams to enhance discharge packages and support early discharge.
About us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ – we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
About our locations:
Springfield University Hospital, Tooting
Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post-holder will work within AOT as a Senior Case Worker providing Care Coordination and Assessment of AOT clients and will have a primary practitioner role servicing the Social Work function in AOT.
- The post holder will be a highly experienced social worker who has a sound knowledge of Mental health Legislation and Childrens inter-related childrens legislation.
- This is a stand alone post for a social worker within a health team so that the postholder must have sufficient professional confidence to hold that position and to be able to translate between the different worlds of health and childrens services
- The post holder will be expected to provide advice on child safeguarding processes and ensure Trust safeguarding policies and procedures are followed.
- The post holder can provide professional supervision for social workers in CAMHS and related services.
- The post holder will be expected to deputise for the CAHMS Social Worker Team Manager when unavailable.
- The post-holder must be committed to effective team working and to the coherent delivery of the care this will include individual, family, group work and telephone support.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in relevant clinical subject or equivalent experience.
- Current professional registration in relevant clinical subject/practice e.g. RMN, OT, Social Work, Clinical Psychologist.
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Diploma/BSC in relevant clinical areas
- Additional qualification in a treatment modality eg CBT, DBT, Systemic Psychotherapy
- Full and current UK driving licence
- Family Therapy/Family Work training
Experience
Essential
- Minimum two years post registration experience, including post qualification and registration experience of working with young people.
- Experience of specialist assessment and treatment of young people with serious mental health problems who are in crisis.
- Experience of working with adolescents and families with highly complex mental health needs, high levels of emotional distress and risk-taking behaviours.
- Experience of working with young people who self-harm and attempt suicide.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management, with the ability to analyse and make judgements and decisions about treatment plans.
- Experience of providing specialist advice to other professionals.
- Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of the application of therapeutic interventions within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience in the delivery of psychological therapy, (i.e. DBT/CBT/MBT/FT) particularly for adolescents and families with complex needs and high levels of distress and risk-taking behaviours.
- Experience of working with young people with emerging personality disorder.
- Experience of working within both inpatient and outpatient/community CAMHS.
- Experience of contributing to policy and procedure development and implementation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
